February 26, 2015Hengyi Rao, PhD, assistant professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging in Neurology and Psychiatry within the division of Sleep and Chronobiology, talked to HealthDay about research suggesting that skipping a single night of sleep leads to a shift in brain activity that seems to spark a desire to consume more fat the following day.Click for article

February 25, 2015
A medical mystery in the Washington Post featured a Penn patient
suffering from voice problems who ended up being diagnosed with Eagle
syndrome by John Y.K. Lee, MD, an assistant professor of Neurosurgery. Click for article

February 23, 2015Frances Jensen, MD, chair of the department of Neurology, authored an
op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer highlighting the biological
underpinnings of the teenage behavior that may seem, to parents and
other adults, so erratic.Click for article

FY 15 PILOT GRANT - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Penn Medicine Neuroscience Center (PMNC) invites proposals for
the support of pilot research projects in the broad category of the
neurosciences. The focus of the pilots this year is on “Interdisciplinary Research”. Click here for details

PMNC MEMBERSHIP
The Co-Directors of the Penn Medicine Neuroscience Center (PMNC) invite you to become a Member of the PMNC. All faculty at Penn Medicine who work in any neuroscience-related area are welcome to become Members.Click here for additional information